Wire-fence stretcher



(Model.) C. H. SALISBURY & S. M. STEVENS.

Wi-re Penoe Stretcher.

N0. 237,412. Patented Feb; 8,1881.

EIER ERW UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. SALISBURY AND SIDNEY M. STEVENS, OF DE KALB, ILLINOIS.

WlRE-FENCE STRETCHER.

SPEGIFIGA'JJIOIN' forming part of Letters Patent N0. 237,412, dated February 8, 1881.

Applioacion file(1 September 29, 1880. (Model.)

T all whom z't mag; concern:

Be in known that we, CHARLES H. SALIS BURY and SIDNEY M. STEVENS, 0f De Kalb, in the oounty of De Kalb and State of 111inois, have inventecl new and useful Improvements in Wire-Fen ce Stretchers and Hoisting- Tackle, of which the following is a specification.

This iri ention relates to a stretoher intendecl primarily for use in Straining fence-wires. Its objeot is t0 Simplify and lighten the slzructure; and t0 this end it consists in the peeuliarities 0f eonstruction hereinafter detailed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the apparat-us as it appears in use. Fig. 2 iS an enlarged perspeo tive of tl1e rope-hook. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section ofthe device.

Wo make the windlass A aml its journals of one piece of cast metal, for the sake of cheapness. This renders necessary tl1e making 0t' the stretcher-frame, which iS also of metal, in two partsthatis t0 say, one 0f the arms er euds ot' the frame, embodying one of the windlass-bearings, musu loe made separate from the balauce 0f l;he frame in order 10 pe'r mit tl1e windlass to be inserted in its bearings. Therefore one of'the sides B of the frame is formed of an independent pieceof metal, having for1ned therein an arbor for the wincllass, and it is united to the cross-heacl O, which in laps over, by rivets 0 upon one parb passing through corresponding openings in the other part. This permits the put-ting together of the frame after the windlass has been put in its bearings by uniting the parts B and O, as shown, a firm union being accomplished by flattening the heads of the rivetS.

lt is also desirable, though not necessary, to make the side B separate and secure it to the erosshead'in 1ike manner, as it; iS a duplicate of tl1e side B, except that it bearsa pivot, d, for the weighted pawl D, which engages a raochet, e, on the arbor of the windlasserank E t0 prevent unwindingof the windla-ss. This pawl is secured upon said pivot Joy merely flattening tl1e outer end 0f the latter. The

orankEis seeured upon l:he squared end ofthe windlass-journal loy hammering the llp m upon theformer Clown into a recess, o, provided in one of tbe angles or sides of the latter.

Upo'n the cross-head O iS a (log, 1, for taking hold of the end of the wire, as shown, and upon the end of the rope G a hook, H, for seouring the latter around alle post. Upon the hook H1'S another (log, I, for use When it is desirecl to bring the ends of' the fence-wire together for splioiug. By eombining the dog with the pieoe upon wbich nahe hookis formed a saving of weight: and in the number 0f parts iS offected.

Our invention is mry cheap because of its redueecl weight (being bat: a fraction of the weight of those in ordinary use) and Trhe ease with whioh itiS made and put together, none 0f the parts requiring any preparatory finishing. lt is so ligl1 and small that i1: can beoarried in the pocket with perfeob ease.

Wo olaiml. AS a new manufaoture, a wire fen0e stretcher consisting ofa windlass and its j 011rnals, all made in one pieee 0f metal, am] a metal frame whereof one side, embodying one of the windlass-arbors, is macle separate from the other partof t-he frame, so as t0 permit the insertion of the windlass, and is permanencly rlveted to said other part after suol1iusertion, substantially as specified.

2. The stretcher provided with a windlass the squared end whereofis provided with a recess, 0, and, in combination with such squarecl end, a orank havinga lip, m, located Wll3l'l reference to the reeess soas tobe harnmered down into the Same, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with the stretoher, of

the rope, the hook H, and the dog l, both the latter being upon one piece, substantially as sei: forth.

CHARLES H. SALISEUEY. SIDNEY M. STEVENS.

Witnesses:

BENJAMIN S. WHITE, PAUL H. HOLM. 

